Parents can no longer afford school supplies for their children: ‘I am very concerned’ | Inland

A new bike. The notebooks and the pens. And what do we have to pay for that obligatory laptop? When purchasing school supplies for their children, parents more often have to rely on foundations such as Leergeld. There are also remarkably often middle-income families. “The incomes of parents who need help are higher than usual. It is very distressing”, says Gaby van den Biggelaar, director of Leergeld Nederland.